Hacking Swivel Graphs

We have gotten a few emails recently from folks who want to put Swivel graphs into other Web sites, but feel our graphs are too large.  So, we thought we would highlight a few ways that people can change the formatting and size of our graphs.  Here are the steps:

1. Find a graph at Swivel you think is interesting, like this one:

available here: http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/25106665

2. You can gain more control of the graph by hacking the URL.  In the URL, replace the word 'show' with the word 'image' and then add a graph format, width and height along with '.png' to the end.  Graph formats can be one of sparkline, thumbnail, preview or default.

URL format:

http://www.swivel.com/graphs/image/[id]/[format]/[width]/[height].png

Here are some examples:

Sparkline

A sparkline 20 pixels wide by 10 pixels high.

http://www.swivel.com/graphs/image/25106665/sparkline/20/10.png

Thumbnail

A thumbnail 100 pixels wide by 50 pixels high.

http://www.swivel.com/graphs/image/25106665/thumbnail/100/50.png

Preview

A preview 200 pixels wide by 100 pixels high.

http://www.swivel.com/graphs/image/25106665/preview/200/100.png

Default

This is the default Swivel graph 600 pixels wide by 337 pixels high.

http://www.swivel.com/graphs/image/25106665/default/600/337.png

If you have any questions send us an email at feedback@swivel.com or use the feedback form in the product.

You can also read our entry, How to blog a graph, for including a graph in your blog in the traditional way.

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